US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA on Oct. 28 for "Method and system for cleaning an inner surface of a tire" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,110, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).

"Method and system for cleaning an inner surface of a tire" was invented by Alessio Ciarnella (Rome) and Paolo Straffi (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for cleaning the inner surface of a tire, comprising the steps of: emitting a laser beam that is directed against the inner surface using at least an emitter device; performing deeper cleaning within at least a first annular zone of the inner surface in applying, using at least the laser beam, to the first annular zone a first surface energy density; and performing less thorou...